Emerson

Where Emerson comes from

From Emery + -son.
— Wiktionary's entry for Emerson
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1946
    Emerson Fittipaldi born
    Brazilian racing driver
  2. 1976
    Emerson born
    Brazilian footballer
  3. 1993
    First appearance
    #7,498 among girls, 11 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2002
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #122
    2,241 babies named Emerson — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
  • A city in Georgia, Bartow County, United States.
  • A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
Namesakes
  • Emerson Fittipaldi · Brazilian racing driver, born 1946
  • Emerson · Brazilian footballer, born 1976
  • Emerson Palmieri · Italian-Brazilian association football player, born 1994
  • Emerson Royal · Brazilian association football player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.